New technologies at PMRExpo


DMR Digital Mobile Radio was a prominent theme at the recent PMRExpo in Germany, with established manufacturers and newcomers unveiling hardware and product plans at the show. Several of these were based on Tier III of the DMR standard, which adds trunking and networking capabilities to the DMR system’s basic communications functions, and is therefore of special interest to users and potential users of larger radio systems. Staged in Cologne, PMRExpo 2011 included two colloquium days, a conference on command and control centres, an applications forum and a three-day trade show attended by over 190 exhibitors. Dates for the 2012 event are November 22–24


Harmonizing radio at the workplace


Mobility (Team) radio system – a converged voice communication package for the workplace. “Te whole idea behind the


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team solution is to create a force communication between different devices, from two-way radio to mobile computers (PDAs) run- ning on a Wi-Fi network to this little device”, says Patrick Groot Nuelend. “It’s a team badge, a Wi- Fi-enabled push-to-talk device. Tis talks through the Wi-Fi network.” Other devices which can access


the system include Apple and Android smartphones, for which Motorola offers a voice client app. “It’s a harmonization platform which kind of brings in every possible voice client on to one platform”, Mr Nuelend explains. To put the system through its


paces, he next picks up a normal MotoTrbo two-way radio. An employee such as a security guard in a retail store might carry one


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eatured on the Motorola Solutions stand was the Total Enterprise Access and


of these – and, communicating, via a central Enterprise Server, could instantly contact the store manager on his smartphone or shop-floor staff via their Wi-Fi badges. “Our primary market is retail


– store associates, for example”, Mr Nuelend comments. “But also hospitality, warehousing, manu- facturing. It’s a very easy to use, with a small device; cost-effective, so it doesn’t cost you a lot of money to implement.”


Patrick Groot Nuelend (below) introduces a diverse family of workplace radio devices for enterprise communication. It includes a clip-on badge device (right), a push-to-talk voice radio which implements PMR team communications via the enterprise WLAN


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